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ENGLISH VERBAL TENSES
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Mind Map on ENGLISH VERBAL TENSES, created by Ángela Bravo Gutiérrez on 28/04/2020.
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ENGLISH VERBAL TENSES
Past simple
Regular +ed
Irregular 2nd column
Uses:
Completed actions
Repeated actions in the past:I went to the theater four times last month.
General truths about the past: 50 years ago, people didn't spend as much on enterteiment as they do today.
Main events in a story: John pust the door openand looked inside the room.
Present simple
Infinitive (3rd person singular)
Uses:
Present habits (Rutines): Masha goes to dance lessons every Saturday.
Permanent situations: Does dan works at the cinema?
States: I like the new James Bond film
General truths:You play chess with 32 pieces.
Past continuous.
Form: to be (past)+ing
Uses:
Actions happening at the moment in the past.
2 actions progres at the same time: It was reading a book while you were doing the washing up.
Background information in a history: It was raining so Wendy decided to go to the cinema.
Present perfect simple
Form: to have (present)+past participle
Uses:
Situations that started in the past and are still true: Misster Jackins has been the head teacher for three years
Completed actions where the important thing is the resoult now: They have all done their homework.
Completed actions at a time in the past wich is not mentioned.
Present perfect continuous
To have (present)+been+ing
Uses:
Actions continouing app to now or just before now: We've been grammar exercises for over an hour.
Helpful hints:
Is often use with the following words:
For: I've been learning English for over three years.
Since:He's been learning Chinese since 2004.
Just: I've just been reading the school newspaper.
Past perfect simple
Had+past participle
Uses:
when we need to make it clear that one action happened before another action in the past.
Example: She didn't watch the film because she had seen it.
Past perfect continuous
had (not) been+ing
Uses:
To talk about situations that started in the past and were still continuing at another time in the past.
Example: When he got there, she had been waiting for an hour.
Present continuous
be+ing
Uses:
Express actions that occur in the moment of speaking
Example: She's watering the plants now.
actions that are temporarily taking place
Example: my brother is working in a pizza restaurant at the moment.
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